23. Jim Mercurio - Author of "The Craft of Scene Writing"
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The Clerman Breakdown
If you can't break your dialogue down into beats, like this subtext, this intention, this is the action. Or if they're all the same, you get either talky scenes that don't have any conflict or don't have momentum. You need to cut one out, make one stronger, and then prise with even a stronger one, or even a total surprise. It's just a way for you to prepare so that you have the flow, you have things to say about it. A sychia, just a way to look at, you know, you're script in a bird's eye view of the shape of the beats and the intention,. In making sure you
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